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When I was at Penn State, I saw a guest lecturer by the name of Rennie Davis (remember him - - Chicago seven or something?). This was around 1973. He talked about US use of lasers in Vietnam and I just took him for goofy. But over the years, I have seen enough references to wonder if maybe we were indeed playing around with lasers back then.

"This was around 1973. He talked about US use of lasers in Vietnam and I just took him for goofy. But over the years, I have seen enough references to wonder if maybe we were indeed playing around with lasers back then. "

We were, in the late 60's. And by the late 70's to early 80's there was the top of a mountain missing in New Mexico.

This was around 1973. He talked about US use of lasers in Vietnam and I just took him for goofy. But over the years, I have seen enough references to wonder if maybe we were indeed playing around with lasers back then.

We were using LASERs in Vietnam. The same sort we used in Desert Storm and against the taliwackers. The realatively low powered sort that Laser Guided Bombs (LGBs) home in on. I used to work with and for a guy who was the CO of the unit to first use them in combat..poof no more Paul Dohmer(sic) bridge, which had "eaten" several aircraft trying to take it down prior to that. Hard on AAA sites also. He later went to work for the company that made the guidance kits, which is where I met him.